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“ARE WE CALLING FOR CRUELTY?”—TOLSTOY ASKS BEFORE CALLING FOR UKRAINIAN CITIES TO BE BOMBED
Russian State Duma Deputy Speaker Pyotr Tolstoy has openly called for Ukrainian cities to be bombed in order to demoralize civilians and force them to surrender.
Speaking on Russia’s Channel One, Tolstoy was asked what would happen to the more than 20 million people living in Ukraine if their country were transformed into scorched earth. His answer was to give residents 24 hours’ warning before destroying their cities.
“Do you think we are calling for cruelty?” Tolstoy asked. He then explained that Russia should demoralize the population until Ukrainians come out “with their paws up” to meet Russian troops.
What exactly does Tolstoy imagine cruelty looks like?
Bombing cities is cruelty. Destroying civilian homes to break a population is cruelty. Treating millions of human beings like frightened animals who must crawl toward an invading army is cruelty. Announcing the attack one day in advance does not make civilians or their homes legitimate military targets.
His statement also tears apart the Kremlin’s claim that Russia attacks only military infrastructure. Tolstoy was not discussing an accidental impact or collateral damage. He explicitly described civilians as the instrument through which Russia should pursue victory: terrorize them, destroy their surroundings and force them to pressure Ukraine into surrender.
That is not liberation, denazification or protection. It is an admission of the strategy Russia has followed from Mariupol to Kharkiv, Kyiv, Kherson and every other Ukrainian city placed beneath its bombs.
Tolstoy asked whether he was advocating cruelty—and then carefully described it.